Lindsay Lohan avoids jail, but judge bans parties during house arrest.

Lindsay Lohan's failed alcohol test last week will not be held against on her because judge didn't renew a requirement that she be tested, according to the ruling in Los Angeles on Thursday.

The requirements that her supervised probation include the random alcohol and drug testing expired in February when she was arrested on a necklace theft charge and transferred from a Beverly Hills court to the Los Angeles airport branch, Judge Stephanie Saunter said that,
"Lindsay has done nothing wrong," defense attorney Shawn Holley said after the hearing.


Contrary to what the judge and the probation officer believed until Thursday, it was not against Lohan's probation rules to drink and she did not have to submit to tests, Saunter ruled.

Lohan waited no time show she was happy with her court appearance. "Thank you to all of my fans for your support. Sending you Love and Light. xo," she wrote in a Twitter posting an hour after leaving the courthouse.

The judge told Lohan she was guilty of "extremely poor judgment" by having roof parties while on home confinement, "but poor judgment is not a violation of your probation."

Lohan failed an alcohol test administered by a probation officer last week and was ordered to go before the judge for a probation violation hearing Thursday morning. But Lohan's attorney convinced the judge the testing requirement had lapsed in February.

lohan said "I am not happy about house arrest," Saunter said Thursday. "It was not my sentence."

The judge said she was on vacation when she saw media reports this month showing Lohan socializing on the roof of her luxury home in recent days.

"You are not to have parties," Saunter said. "I am ordering it. You can have a one friend at this time. Thats it."

The actress, who turns 25 on July 2, has managed to avoid more than a few days in jail despite two drunken-driving convictions, a long list of probation violations and the recent theft conviction.

The Hottest Hollywood Star In This Week.

Three sexy stars hit the red carpet to promote their new movies in this week, but there is only one can be at the top of the best dressed list. Vote for for them the celeb with the outfit you loved most.

For the second week in a row, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, 24, proved that she's well on her way to becoming a style star. Among the many gorgeous gowns she wore while doing press for Transformers: Dark of the Moon at the Moscow International Film Festival in this week, her fuchsia pink Michael Kors draped dress with a sexy thigh-high slit was our favorite one.
Selena Gomez,she is only 18, who is usually sticks to flirty looks and short hemlines, went for a more sophisticated look in a shimmering blue J.Mendel gown at the premiere of her new movie Monte Carlo in NYC.

Bad Teacher star Cameron Diaz,she is 38, also scored again in this week during an appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman in NYC, where she donned a thigh-revealing bright blue minidress with black Casadei heels.

U.S. president Obama, ordering drawdown of surged U.S. forces in Afghanistan, urges nation-building at home

President Barack Obama, in a widely anticipated speech tonight, announced a brisk drawdown of 33,000 U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the end of next summer sation, and called more broadly for the U.S. to assume a more pragmatic approach to international interventions in order to focus on economic recovery and nation-building at home.

"We are a nation whose strength abroad has been anchored in an opportunity for our citizens at home," Obama said that in the brief twelve minute speech from the White House East Room. "Over the last decade, we have spent a trillion dollars on war, at a time of rising debt and hard economic times. Now, we must invest in America's greatest resource — our people."

"America, it is proper time to focus on nation building here at home," he said.

The United States had achieved significant progress in the counterterrorism goals Obama outlined when he ordered the surge of U.S. forces to Afghanistan in a speech at West Point in December 2009, he said. Among those goals: reversing Taliban gains in Afghanistan, degrading Al Qaeda's capabilities and eliminating several of its commanders in Pakistan, and building up the Afghan security forces to eventually be able to secure their own country.

Obama's decision to withdraw all of the surged forces by next summer was on the more far-reaching end of the range of options his national security advisers considered, senior administration officials described in a call with journalists this afternoon. Pentagon officials, including the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus, had advocated for a less rapid drawdown, national security hands indicated. Petraeus, who Obama has nominated to head the CIA, is due to leave Afghanistan later this summer.

The steeper drawdown decision comes as a new poll shows for first time that a majority of Americans want U.S. forces to be brought home from Afghanistan, and as lawmakers in both parties are expressing growing impatience with the expense of the war.

But some national security experts said Obama risked jeopardizing advances against the Taliban achieved with the troop-intensive counterinsurgency strategy Petraeus had championed.

"The President's plan strikes me as solid in concept but a bit rushed," said the Brookings Institutions' Michael O'Hanlon. "Ideally next year's drawdown would have until the end of the year or until early 2013 so the U.S. troops could successfully conclude the fighting season."

"A president is supposed to get the best advice from his generals and then make up his own mind. That is what we have presidents for," said Heather Hurlburt, a former Clinton administration official who now serves as executive director of the progressive National Security Network. "But it's very difficult: the president has to listen to the advice of the generals, [but also] to the level of fatigue of the American people [with the war], and a whole lot of other things.

La Toya Jackson writes the new book 'Starting Over' about Michael Jackson's death.

The books from various Jackson family members are starting to emerge. La Toya Jackson is first with "Starting Over," which is scheduled to hit bookshelves June 21, two years after brother Michael Jackson's death - coincidentally, that is a major subject of the book.
According to the AP, La Toya says in the new work that she spoke with her niece Paris, who said that in the days before Michael's death, he was "always cold" and would "always cry." La Toya also writes about her confrontation with Dr. Conrad Murray in the hospital, where he was evasive and made excuses.

La Toya also says that MIchael's bedroom was found "torn to pieces" following his death and that she found notes she also says were written by Michael where he says he has to "get these people out of my life."

Finally, La Toya writes that she  has talked with many other friends and family who were suspicious of Michael's final days and how he died. This second memoir from La Toya shares a title with her unreleased 2003 album, "Startin' Over," and to coincide with the book's release, an EP called "Starting Over" will be released as well, followed by another single a month later and the full-length album by year's end.
Jermaine Jackson, another brother in the family, has a book coming out in September.

Juror jailed for Facebook contempt

A female juror who contacted a defendant through the Facebook social networking website, causing a multi-million pound trial to collapse, was jailed for eight months from today.

Joanne Fraill, 40, admitted at London’s High Court to using Facebook to exchange messages with Jamie Sewart, 34, a female defendant who had been acquitted in an ongoing drug trial in Manchester last year.

Fraill, from Manchester, also admitted conducting an internet search into Sewart’s boyfriend, Gary Knox, a co-defendant, while the jury was still deliberating.

Sewart was given a two-month sentence suspended for two years after being found guilty of contempt,the Press Association reported.

Taxpayers were left picking up a bill of £6 million (RM29.67 million) after the judge was forced to discharge the jury in the original trial.

Titanic II sinks on maiden voyage, lives up to its name

Mark Wilkinson's second-hand boat, which he rechristened as the Titanic II, behaved on its maiden voyage exactly as one might expect from a vessel with that name.
Mr. Wilkinson towed the 16-foot cabin cruiser, which he had just purchased for about $1,600, from his home in Birmingham, England, and set out on a fishing trip from West Bay harbor in Dorset on Saturday morning. On his way back, as the Titanic II made its way into the harbor and ... well, you can pretty much see this one coming

Is this another keen marketing campaign from Paramount for TITANIC’s 3D release?!  Not really.  It’s all just a little bit of history repeating.  Most people would have thought twice about buying a ship named the “Titanic II” but not Mark Wilkinson. Oh, no!  According to Yahoo News, the 44-year-old owner of the 16-foot cabin cruiser found himself clinging to the side of the boat as it slowly sank into the harbor.
I’m sure that when he left the harbor, Wilkinson felt like “the king of the world,” but not so much upon re-entry.That’s when the boat began to sink.  Amusingly enough, it was following a successful fishing trip.It was the vessel’s maiden voyage, though Wilkinson had bought the boat second hand, costing him a cool £1,000 (about $1,640).
“It’s all a bit embarrassing – I’m fed up with people asking me if I hit an iceberg,” he told the Sun.
Wilkinson even had to be rescued by the coast guard.  A large hole had opened up in the fiberglass hull as the ship came to dock in West Bay, Dorset in Great Britain.  April 15, 2012 will mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the original Titanic, a disaster that claimed 1,517 lives.

The Hollywood Actress "Scarlett Johansson" Date...

Scarlett Johansson (born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. Johansson made her film debut in the 1994 film North and was later nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in 1996's Manny & Lo. Johansson rose to fame with her roles in 1998's The Horse Whisperer and 2001's Ghost World.
Scarlett Johansson has reportedly hooked up with Sean Penn. Johansson, 26, split with husband Ryan Reynolds last year. Now the actress is said to be besotted with 50-year-old Penn after meeting him at the Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles. A source told Us Weekly, "Their first hook-up was in Scarlett's bungalow. She is smitten with him." The friendship is believed to have started when Johansson asked Penn for advice about a trip to Haiti to help those affected by the two earthquakes in January 2010. The insider explained, "Scarlett first reached out to Sean when she was planning to visit Haiti with Oxfam. She knew Sean was living there in a tent and turned to him for advice."

Shia LaBeouf: Megan Fox Never Got comfortable With Sex Symbol Status Unlike Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

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Shape-shifting robots, a nerdy guy and a bombshell is a movie formula that Megan Fox never got comfortable with - according to her former "Transformers" co-star, Shia LaBeouf.

"Megan developed this Spice Girl strength, this woman-empowerment  that made her feel awkward about her involvement with Michael [Bay], who some people think is a very lascivious filmmaker, the way he films women," the "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" star told The Los Angeles Times Hero Complex blog.

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"Mike films women in a way that appeals to a 16-year-old sexuality. It's summer. It's Michael's style. And I think [Fox] never got comfortable with it.
This is a girl who was taken from complete obscurity and placed in a sex-driven role in front of the whole world and told she was the sexiest woman in America. And she had a hard time accepting it," Shia continued. "When Mike would ask her to do specific things, there was no time for fluffy talk. We're on the run. And the one thing Mike lacks is tact. There's no time for, 'I would like you to just arch your back 70 degrees.'"
However, Megan's replacement, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley -- who was recently named #1 on Maxim's annual Hot 100 List -- felt more at ease embracing her blockbuster eye candy status.

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"Rosie comes with this Victoria's Secret background, and she's comfortable with it," Shia told Hero Complex. "So, she can get down with Mike's way of working and it makes the whole set vibe very different."

Back in April shortly after wrapping production on the film, Access Hollywood's Billy Bush caught up with Rosie at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where the bombshell talked about her whatever-it-takes approach, whether on the runway or the movie set.

"I've always have the same attitude with work. I like to go to work, I like to work really hard, I like to give everything my all. I like to try things that are new, so I'm just really thankful for this opportunity," she said at the time.

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As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, it was announced in May 2010 that Megan would not star in the third "Transformers" movie. At the time her rep told Access, "It was her decision not to return."

"Transformers: Dark of the Moon" hits theaters on June 29.

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French Open: Roger Federer ends Novak Djokovic run to reach final

Federer is through to his fifth French Open final in six years:
Federer came out with all guns blazing, breaking Djokovic in the first game, but the Serb hit back immediately to level.

At this stage, the standard of play from both men was breathtaking, with the pair of them going toe to toe from the back of the court and producing some rallies of remarkable power and intensity.
Federer was also trying to find some variety in his play, however, deliberately bringing Djokovic into the net and and it was a strategy that brought him some success.

Djokovic applauded one pin-point Federer volley as the pair exchanged further breaks to remain level but it was the second seed who forced the first set-points at 5-4, which the 2009 champion saved with some stunning forehands.
They were only separated in a tie-break which, to the delight of the crowd on Court Philippe Chatrier, Federer took when Djokovic flopped a forehand into the net.

Federer piled on the pressure in the second set, continuing to attack with his returns while serving solidly to move 4-1 up.

Still Djokovic battled on, saving five set points on his own serve at 5-2 and forcing a break-back point of his own in the next game before finally conceding it with another backhand into the net.

Federer had never lost any of the 174 Grand Slam matches where he had taken the first two sets but he did not have things all his own way on this occasion.

Djokovic broke at the start of the third set and continued to improve, looking more like the invincible player he has been for the last six months.

The fourth set remained in the balance until the ninth game, when a shanked Federer forehand saw Djokovic break and serve to level the match, but Federer steadied himself to reply immediately.

Both players survived some tense moments to take it to another tie-break, where Federer secured a crucial mini-break to move 4-3 up and consolidated it with two thumping serves.

With darkness falling at 9.37pm local time in Paris, Djokovic saved both match points on his own serve but an ace by Federer, his 18th of the match, saw him triumph.

In Chaina Computer hackers broke into Google email system.But Gov't says no official email hacked; investigate FBI

The WASHINGTON – The FBI is investigating allegations that computer hackers in China broke into google's email system, but no official government email accounts have been compromised, the Obama administration said on Thursday.

"These allegations are very serious," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters. "We take them seriously. We are looking into them." She had no comment on reports of China's involvement.

Google said Wednesday that personal Gmail accounts of several hundred people, including senior U.S. government officials, military personnel and political activists, had been exposed. Google traced the origin of the attacks to Jinan, China, the home city of a military vocational school whose computers were linked to a more sophisticated assault on google system 17 months ago. The two attacks are not believed to be linked.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said the Obama administration doesn't restrict government employees from using personal Gmail accounts, but does direct workers to use government email for official business. He had no comment on who in the administration may have been affected by the hacking.

Clinton said attacks such as the one alleged by Google were a prime reason the State Department has for the first time created a cyber-security coordinator. "We know this is going to be a continuing problem and therefore we want to be as prepared as possible to deal with these matters when they do come to our attention," she said.

The Pentagon said Thursday it had little information since the reported breaches involved personal accounts rather than government email. And since the accounts were not official, the U.S. Department of Defense didn't know whether defense employees were among the targeted individuals, the statement said.

A day after Google exposed the breach, China denied on Thursday that it supports hacking and said it is part of global efforts to combat computer security threats.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters that hacking was a global problem and Chinese networks had also been targeted by hackers, but he gave no specifics. He said China was working to crack down on the problem, but he didn't respond when asked whether it would investigate this specific incident.

"Allegations that the Chinese government supports hacking activities are completely unfounded and made with ulterior motives," Hong said.

Google said all of the hacking victims have been notified and their accounts have been secured.

The hackers appeared to rely on tactics commonly used to fool people into believing they are dealing with someone they know or a company that they trust. Once these "phishing" expeditions get the information needed to break into an email account, the access can be used to send messages that dupe other victims.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which has a hand in regulating the Internet, referred questions about the allegations to another regulatory agency, the State Council Information Office, which did not respond.

The intrusion last year targeted Google's own security systems and triggered a high-profile battle with China's Communist government over online censorship.

Bradley Cooper Speaking Fluent French Causes Women of the Internet to Swoon

Yesterday afternoon, a clip started making the rounds of Bradley Cooper promoting "The Hangover Part II," which is called (apparently, in English, which is the strangest part about it), "Very Bad Trip 2" in France, in an interview on French TV. Thing was, he he didn't just do the interview in French, but in what appears to be fluent French, and for some reason this made a lot of ladies (and possibly also gay men) like him even more than they already did.

"Why Is This Video of Bradley Cooper Speaking French Kind of Turning Us On?" asked Jezebel. "This Might Be Bradley Cooper's Sexiest Interview Yet," noted the Today Show's blog. And almost everyone mentioning it on Twitter is saying something about it being "sexy" or making them "swoon." (Literally: Go check for yourself!)
In case you missed it, here it is. I don't know why it's sexy (the novelty? The fact that Bradley Cooper has, even with his creator-endowed hotness, found the time to teach himself another language, and a Romance one at that?), but it is:

The big Automobile Company TOYOTA targets 90% output in June

Toyota Motors has said its production in Japan is likely to return back to normal levels faster-than-expected.
The company's spokesperson Paul Nolasco told the BBC that output at its domestic factories is expected to recover to 90% of pre-quake levels as early as this month.
Last week, Toyota had reported a 74.5% plunge in production at its Japanese factories in April.
Toyota is the world's biggest car manufacturer.
Production at Japan's car manufacturers has been hit hard due to disruptions in the country's supply chain in wake of the 11 March earthquake and tsunami.
However, the company said the situation had been gradually improving.
"We have had a constant recovery in our supply chain and that is starting to have a positive effect on our production," Mr Nolasco said.
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Toyota said the speed at which the company's production is recovering was a result of the combined effort of the firm and its suppliers.
"The key behind all of this has been the extremely committed effort by our suppliers to get back on track," Mr Nolasco said.
"After the quake we were facing a shortage of almost 500 parts, the numbers have since decreased to 30 parts or may be even less right now," he added.
Toyota said that it had also sent workers from its own factories to help its part suppliers get back to normal production.
The company said that while the recovery had been fast, there was still work to be done.
"Ninety percent is not the end game, there is still room for improvement," Mr Nolasco said.
"We still have to reach full capacity and also have to take care of our overseas production," he added.

To decriminalize drugs The Global leaders call for a major shift

A slew of big-name former politicians are endorsing a report that says the war on drugs is not working and that drug enforcement policy needs to fundamentally change. The Global Commission on Drug Policy will urge a "paradigm shift" that emphasizes public health over criminalization tomorrow at a meeting in New York City, The Guardian reports.
Those backing the report include former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and former Fed Chair Paul Volcker. Former elected leaders of Greece, Brazil and Colombia have also signed on. See the full list of backers here.
"What we have here is the greatest collection thus far of ex-presidents and prime ministers calling very clearly for decriminalization and experiments with legal regulation," Danny Kushlick, spokesman for the drug policy center Transform, told the Guardian. "It will be a watershed moment."
But, faced with the list of "formers" backing the new recommendation, The Lookout couldn't help but wonder: Where are all the current office-holders who think the drug war has been a failure?
Tom Angell, spokesman for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, a group of former and current police officers against the criminalization of drugs, tells The Lookout he thinks sitting politicians will have to change their tune as American public opinion changes.
"I think as this debate continues to heat up and move forward you'll start to see more and more sitting elected officials endorsing fundamental reforms," he says. Even among LEAP's membership, most are retired law enforcement officers. Only a "handful" are active-duty cops, Angell says, in part because it's difficult for police officers to question the value of laws that they risk their lives to enforce every day.
Despite the political pitfalls of challenging drug policy, a few recent signs point to something of a bipartisan consensus forming on the issue. In April, an NAACP report that said states send too many young people to jail for non-violent drug offenses picked up surprising endorsements from former GOP Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and Grover Norquist, the conservative activist who founded Americans for Tax Reform. The report said more than a quarter of the 2.3 million American prisoners are jailed for drug offenses, which bloats the system and eats up tax dollars. Christian talk show host Pat Robertson caused a stir in December when he endorsed on "The 700 Club" faith-based rehabilitation programs instead of jail time for drug use, and even appeared to support the legalization of marijuana. "I'm not exactly for the use of drugs, don't get me wrong," he said. "I just believe that criminalizing marijuana, criminalizing the possession of a few ounces of pot--that kind of thing--it's costing us a fortune and it's ruining young people."
Public opinion polls show support is growing among Americans to legalize marijuana, but a majority still think the drug should be illegal. A greater share of Independents support its legalization than Democrats or Republicans.
The U.S. government has sent $1.4 billion in aid to Mexico and Central America to help fight the bloody war against the drug cartels. More than 35,000 people have died over the past four years in the drug-related violence. Drug cartels have turned to the use of narco-submarines and ultra-light aircraft to get their product to the U.S. market, in an effort to foil increased enforcement measures.
(Alleged members of Los Zetas drug cartel in February: Miguel Tovar/AP)
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